Defamer
· Jason Reitman will direct Jim Carrey in Pierre Pierre for Fox Atomic, a "politically incorrect story centers on a self-indulgent French nihilist who transports a stolen painting from Paris to London." The challenging role will require Carrey to stretch as never before, with several scenes written to be spoken through the ass in fluent French. [Variety]
· Seth Rogen, meanwhile, is attached to Warner Bros.'s Observe and Report, about "a deluded, self-important head of mall security who squares off in a turf war against the local cops." We don't know why. We just think he can do this. [Variety]
· At last, Beyoncé returns to the big screen, in Obsessed, a Screen Gems thriller loosely based on those gruesome Connect Four murders you probably remember reading about a few months back. [Variety]
· Someone named Gravy will play Notorious B.I.G. in the Fox Searchlight biopic Notorious. We've never heard of Gravy, but his name is Gravy, and that's really all we need to know. Well done, Fox Searchlight casting people! [Variety]
· Thanks to its American Idol lead-in, Fox's new drama New Amsterdam wins its Tuesday night time slot, the tale of a detective incapable of dying dovetailing nicely with an hour spent with the deceptively resilient Paula Abdul. [THR]
Comments
Nice to see Rogen breaking out of the pudgy good-guy stoner roles...
What?
that Variety article mentions that another mall security guard film is also in pre-production. i'm sure that's just pure coincidence
Marketing guys rock! Why say "Frenchman" when you can just as easily and redundantly say "self-indulgent French nihilist?"
No one will be surprised to learn that Kevin James's "Mall Cop" may very well be the biggest pile of steaming shit ever to be put on the page. Most won't be surprised to learn that "Pierre Pierre" is not a 'Borat-ish envelope pusher' but is rather a disaster from start to finish. The funniest gag in the script involves the fact that Pierre's girlfriend is named 'Scumbag' and his best friend 'Pigeonshit.' Not fucking kidding.
Mall Ninjas, the movie?
@SteamyMcFirecrotch: Damn! You beat me to it!
@clevername: Well - not like this lifts the bar for Carrey...
It's "politically incorrect"! How groundbreaking! Surely this film will cause an international uproar and spark protests from several churches.
haha, they are deulisional if they think this is like Borat, Borat was, um, hilarious.
Pierre Pierre is a piece of crap. The biggest mysogonistic piece of crap. Like people hate that script, like really hate it.
besides "Scumbag" and "pigeonshit" there's his best friend who killed his girlfriend and the rape of an underage girl who I think is called "mouth", yeah, real Boffo B.O. gold there.
I smell rewrite-straight-to-video.
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